HOUSEWIVES’ GUIDE

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 93, 14 January 1936, Page 16

HOUSEWIVES’ GUIDE

Retail Food Prices In Wellington No changes have taken place in the retail prices of foodstuffs in Wellington city tthops during the last few days. Eggs remain at from 1/3 to 1/5 a dozen, and butter at 1/1} and 1/2 for the first grade article. Current prices are as follow: — Provisions. Eggs—l/3 to 1/5 per dozen. Butter. —First grade, 1/1} and 1/2. Bacon.—Cut rashers, 1/- to 1/4 lb. Cheese. —Mild, 7d. lb.; matured, 1/- lb. Honey.—Carton, Sid. lb., and 9Jd. Sugar—l6/5 701 b. bag; 3d. lb. Tea— 2/- t0.2/6 lb.: China tea, 3/- lb. Flour—3/4 251 b. bag. Bread —5Jd. Fruit, Apples sd. and 6d. lb. ;. cooking, 41b. 1/-; pears, 4d. and 6d.; Californian grapefruit, 4d. and 6d. each; orange* Californian, 4 to 6 1/-; Jamaican, 4to 8 1/-; Island, 3d. each; pineapples, 1/6 to 2/6 each; bananas, 8 to 14 1/-; lemons, New Zealand, 8 to 20 1/-; Californian, 3d. each; plums, 4d. to Bd. lb.; coconuts, 2d. and 3d. each; pawpaws, Bd. to 1/6 each; grapes, Californian, 1/4 to 1/6 lb.; strawberries, lOd. to 1/8 n punnet; cherries. lOd. to 1/6 lb.; peaches, 4d. to 6d. lb.; plums, 6d. to _Bd. lb.; cherry plums, 3d. lb.; gooseberries, 3d. lb.; apricots, Gd. lb.; black currants, Sd. lb. Vegetables. Cauliflowers, 2d. to 6d. each; cabbage, 3d. to 6d.; lettuce. Id. to 4d.; carrots, 2d. and 3d. bunch; parsnips, 3d. bunch; swedes, 2d. lb.; onions, 2d. lb.; spring, 2d. bunch , potatoes, Bto 12 lb. 1/-; pumpkin, 1 id. lb.; marrows, Id. to 6d. each ; beetroot, 3d bunch ; tomatoes, hothouse, Gd. to 1/- lb.; Island. 1/- lb.; cucumbers, hothouse, 3d. to Gd. each; Island kumeras, 4d. lb.; spinach, 2d. bunch; green peas, 4d. lb.; radishes, 2d. bunch ; rhubarb. 3d to Gd. bunch; French beans, 4d. to Sd. lb.: scarlet runners, Bd. lb. Fish. Smoked cod, Bd. lb.; smoked fillet, Bd. lb.; smoked ling, 6d. lb.; terakihi, fresh 4d. lb.; cod, 6d. lb.; fillet, 1/- lb.; butter fish, Gd. lb.; hapuka, 6d. Ib.; flounders, and soles, 9d. lb. Meat, Beef.—Rump steak, lid. lb.: undercut steak, 1/1 lb.; beef steak, 7d. lb.; sirloin, 9d. lb.; ribs, 7d. lb.; topside, 6d. lb.; rolled 7d. lb.; corned, Gd. and Bd. lb.; mince, 4d. to sd. lb ; tripe, 7d. lb ; sausages, sd. lb.; sausage meat, sd. lb. Pork.— Legs, Bd. and 9d. lb. ; loin, Ho lb.; chops, Bd. and lOd. lb.; sausages, 7<L lb. Mutton.—Legs. 7d. and Bd. lb.; fore quarters, 4d. and Gd.; shoulders, Gd. and 7d. lb.; loin, 6d. and 7d. lb.: loin chops 9d. lb.; leg and rib chops, 8d lb. Last season’s lamb.—Legs. !/• lb.; loins, lid. lb.; hinds, lid. lb.; forequarters, Sd lb.; chops, 1/- lb. Spring lamb.—Forequarters. 1/-, hindquarters, 1/4. lb.